Articles by Northern Miner Staff

The Thunder Bay North nickel-copper- platinum group metals (PGM) project in northwestern Ontario is a greenfields success story, and one of a series of higher-grade, base metal-PGM discoveries in the mid-continental rift region that wraps…

With the global economic recovery still facing strong headwinds, The Northern Miner surveyed six metals experts on where they think gold prices are headed this year and next, and why.John Embry, chief metals strategist at Sprott Asset…

VANCOUVER — Most new mines have problems as they make the transition from the drawing board to production, and the newly constructed Meadowbank gold mine in Nunavut was no exception, says Eberhard (E…

VANCOUVER–Gold and silver explorers will need to focus on “best-of- breed” mineral deposits, commodity experts told delegates at Roundup 2010, a recent conference sponsored by the Association for Min…

VANCOUVER — An infill drilling program at the Volcan gold project in Chile is returning long mineralized intercepts for Andina Minerals (ADM-V).

Eighteen months ago American Bonanza Gold (BZA-T, ABGFF-O) came to a crossroad. Should it continue to expand its resource at the past-producing Copperstone gold mine in Arizona or move the mine back i…

At the end of last year, 100,000 sq. km had been staked for industrial and metallic minerals exploration in Alberta –about 24,000 sq. km of that during 2009.

In 2008, for the first time ever, Saskatchewan led the country with about $9.7 billion in mineral sales. In 2009, however, preliminary indications are that the value of mineral sales declined, reflect…

As commodity prices continue to rebound, New Brunswick’s mineral industry is expected to gain strength with a number of advanced projects anticipated to reach the mining stage in the near future. The …